Saturday, January 16, 2010

Ghana, Africa!

So Ghana is an awesome place. The people here are so kind and friendly. The weather is HOT hot HOT (but I like it a lot) (and I kind of rhymed on purpose there...).The food is DELICIOUS. Lots of rice and fish or chicken, mangoes, bananas, plantains. Just wonderful!I'm making lots of fun friends from all over the U.S. and little by little I'm making more Ghanaian friends.I will have a Ghanaian roommate. I'm a little nervous, but really excited to meet her and to live with her.In the morning where we live there are little colorful lizards running around. The showers are so cold, but it's not like I would a hot shower either.We've been to the local markets where we try to barter for beautiful African cloth and jewelry (and so many other cool hand made crafts).

Today walking past the Night Market to go to orientation I stopped to talk to a tiny little girl who was with her brother and sister. She held my hand and looked at me with her huge brown eyes and said "Icecream" and I was so sad because I had no money with me. I told her we could get some next time, but her cute little hands and little brown eyes just wouldn't let me go. So I borrowed a cédi (like a dollar) from my friend and bought them an icecream. The lady at the desk look at my and said in her fun accent "Don't be givin them yo' money." I guess I can be a sucker for those little brown eyes every once in a while. I didn't learn her name unfortunately, but I hope I see her again soon. :Dhttp://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=138208&id=545028558&l=ed59e52e70

1 comment:

Hi brooke you don't know me well but we’ve made a deal that I speak with you in French all the week but in the weekend we can speak in English.I hope you enjoy your journey in Ghana, and I hope to that you will find the tiny little girl and remember this “Most of us will never do great things but we can do small things in great way”Omar from St Etienne I hope you guess whom I.

About Me

I'm from Salt Lake and I have a great family and I love them. life is amazing if you choose to make it that way! I am obsessed with Africa and I want to go there some day. in fact I'm pretty sure I'm going to Senegal soon. I am also going to go to France and become fluent in french, and then do humanitarian aid in french speaking African countries. I go to the best school in the whole wide world and I LOVE it! I'm excited to have a wonderful life and make this world a better place. there are so many awesome people and I want to learn from everyone I meet. I LOVE sushi :D and indian food and working at Great Harvest. baked goods are the best things in the world and nutella and pineapple and chocolate soy milk and Aggie ice cream!